Apple expands Maps Flyover coverage with 20 new cities

Apple Maps are getting better. No one can argue with that. Couple of months ago Apple finally introduced public transit to Maps. It is also working on its own Street View using Apple mapping vans. Already 34 of them are driving across US and Europe and the number of vehicles is growing fast.

But that’s not all. Last week Apple has extended its Map Flyover coverage with 20 new locations.

Aarhus, Denmark

Bobbio, Italy

Budapest, Hungary

Cádiz, Spain

Chenonceaux, France

Dijon, France

Ensenada, Mexico

Gothenburg, Sweden

Graz, Austria

Loreto, Mexico

Malmö, Sweden

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Millau, France

Nice, France

Omaha Beach

Rapid City, SD

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Sapporo, Japan

Strasbourg, France

Turin, Italy

The Flyover technology comes back to 2011 when Apple acquired C3 Technologies – a Swedish Company specialized 3D modelling based on combined in aerial imagery and Lidar scanning. Flyovers resemble 3D buildings in Google Earth but the production process is done semi-automatically and its based on actual images and shapes rather than sketching, which makes it look more realistic.

I strongly believe that with new Apple mapping vehicles the company is working on the combination of areal data with street level data to make a detailed 3D model of the world. We should see the effects in 1–2 years. I can’t wait to experience it.

Here is a full list of all available Flyover cities as of August 19th, 2015:

Australia, New Zealand:

Auckland

Canberra

Christchurch

Dunedin

Nelson

Perth

Sydney

Melbourne

Wellington

Canada:

Calgary

Montreal

Surrey

Toronto

Vancouver

Denmark, Finland, Sweden:

Aarhus

Copenhagen

Gothenburg

Helsingborg

Helsinki

Linköping

Malmö

Odense

Stockholm

Roskilde

Visby

France, Monaco:

Bordeaux

Chambord

Chenonxeaux

Côte d’Azur (including Marseille, Nice)

Dijon

Le Mans

Lyon

Paris

Perpignan

Millau

Monaco

Mont Saint-Michel

Montpellier

Nimes

Reims

Rennes

Saint Etienne

Saint-Tropez

Strasbourg

Germany, Austria

Berlin

Graz

Cologne

Hamburg

Karlsruhe

Kiel

Linz

Munich

Ireland:

Cork

Cliffs of Moher

Dublin

Italy:

Ancona

Bari

Bobbio

Rome

Milan

Turin

Paestum

Perugia

Venice

Japan:

Sapporo

Tokyo

Hungary, Czech Republic:

Brno

Budapest

Mexico:

Chichen Itza

Culiacán

Ensenada

Guadalajara

Teotihuacán

The Netherlands:

Rotterdam

Portugal:

Braga

Spain:

Alicante

Almería

Badajoz

Barcelona

Cáceres

Cádiz

Cordoba

Jerez de la Frontera

Huelva

Madrid

Sevilla

Valencia

South Africa:

Cape Town

Durban

United Kingdom:

Belfast

Birmingham

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Kingston upon Hull

Leeds

Liverpool

London

Manchester

Wolverhampton

United States:

Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Albany, NY

Arecibo, Puerto Rico

Arches National Park

Arlington, MA

Arlington, TX

Atlanta, GA

Austin, TX

Bakersfield,CA

Baltimore, MD

Baton Rouge, LA

Beverly Hills, CA

Boise, ID

Boston, MA

Buffalo, NY

Century City, CA

Chicago, IL

Cleveland, OH

Cupertino, CA

Dallas, TX

Denver, CO

Fort Worth, TX

Green Bay, WI

Honolulu, HI

Hoover Dam, AZ

Houston, TX

Indianapolis, IN

Las Vegas, NV

Long Beach, CA

Los Angeles, CA

Memphis, TN

Miami, FL

Milwaukee, WI

Minneapolis, MN

Modesto, CA

Mayagüez, PR

Mount Rushmore, SD

Nashville, TN

New Orleans, LA

New York, NY

Oakland, CA

Philadelphia, PA

Phoenix, AZ

Ponce, Puerto Rico

Portland, ME

Portland, OR

Providence, RI

Rapid City

Sacramento, CA

Saint Paul, MN

Salem, OR

San Antonio, TX

San Diego, CA

San Francisco, CA

San Jose, CA

San Juan, PR

Santa Monica, CA

Seattle, WA

Stanford University, CA

Stockton, CA

Tacoma, WA

Tulsa, OK

Zion National Park, Utah

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I'm a professional always thinking outside the box and a self-confessed gadget addict. As a son of a professor of cartography I was surrounded by maps all my life and as a result spatial way of thinking and seeing reality is naturally embedded in who I am.